Here's a better fix.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/iutil.py b/iutil.py
index a7554fe86..41518744a 100644
--- a/iutil.py
+++ b/iutil.py
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ def execWithCapture(command, argv, stdin = 0, stderr = 2, root='/'):
     pipe.wait()
     return rc
 
+def execConsole():
+    if rhpl.getArch() == "s390":
+        iutil.execWithRedirect("/bin/sh", [])
+    else:
+        iutil.execWithRedirect("/bin/sh", [], stdout="/dev/console", stderr="/dev/console")
+
 # return size of directory (and subdirs) in kilobytes
 def getDirSize(dir):
     def getSubdirSize(dir):